Craig Crawford: Coffee Czar

Condo fees [urban turf] Silly Pizza Song [dance] RIP [Patrick Swayze] Smoking rooms [gone] Publicists [lose jobs] Coffee [dreams]

How was your weekend?

It takes a reporter named Gabriella BOSTON to cut New York City down to size. Washington Times: D.C.’s power, prestige takes bite out of Big Apple In the blatantly self-reverential battle between New York and Washington for the title of “Most Important City in America,” New York has always claimed …

Lindsey Mask and her Ladies Dinner Club (Ladies DC) were highlighted by K Street Kate and The District Dish , with hosts Miss DC 2006 Kate Michael , Pamela Sorensen of Pamela’s Punch, and Ebong Eka of www.EbongEka.com . Congratulations Lindsey! We’re glad to see the former news anchor back …

How was your weekend? It had to be better than this dude’s: Early Saturday morning Twitpic courtesy of Bill Beutler .

It’s a slow August Friday in Washington, D.C. … Remember smiling.

While other Democrats are getting an earful from constituents at town halls, Sen. Gillibrand wisely heads to one of the most expensive zip codes in the nation and befriends a well dressed pocket squared reporter (?) at a local market. Wikipedia "The Sagaponack ZIP code (11962), although not synonymous with …

NBC Sports: Obama says he’ll push for eight-team playoff [11/15/08] "I’m going to throw my weight around. I think it’s the right thing to do," said President-Elect Barack Obama US News: BCS Coordinator: Sorry President-Elect Obama, No College Football Playoffs Here [11/19/08] "For now, our constituencies—and I know he understands …

4th of July [weekend reading ] Losing Gov’t $$ [interns ] W Hotel [DC on a Dime ] Coffee Cake [flirting ]

Jarrett thinks so. Stet Sports Blog: Five Reasons Why the Detroit Lions Are in Better Shape Than the Washington NFL Franchise 5. Threshold of Expectations 4. Happy People 3. The Hunger for More 2. The Washington Post Lives 1. Tailgating is welcomed at Ford Field

Eastern Market is back open. DC on a Dime cruised by and put up a few pics .

Video courtesy of C-SPAN: President Obama was the keynote speaker at the 2009 Radio and TV Correspondents’ Dinner. Presidents traditionally poke fun at themselves, their administration and the journalists who cover Washington. This video includes President Obama’s entire remarks from the dinner.

It looks like the lovers of Virginia have lost out to the frowners. Thomas Frank: Four states adopt ‘no smiles’ policy for driver’s licenses Stopping driver’s license fraud is no laughing matter: Four states are ordering people to wipe the grins off their faces in their license photos. … "Neutral …